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Flash Flood Warning 58, NWS Fort Worth, TX
NWS Fort Worth, TX issued this flash flood warning at May 11, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT for Henderson County, Kaufman County, Van Zandt County, Texas. It was in force for 3 hr. No storm report in the archive falls inside the area while it was in force.
The area
The counties it named.
The facts
- Issued
- May 11, 2015, 12:05 AM CDT (05:05 UTC)
- Expired
- May 11, 2015, 3:00 AM CDT
- In force
- 3 hr
- Issued by
- NWS Fort Worth, TX
- Area
- Storm-based polygon
- Flood severity
- None
Counties Henderson County, TX, Kaufman County, TX, Van Zandt County, TX
The radar
The Dallas/Ft Worth radar (KFWS), 124 km from the middle of the area, began a volume at 05:09 UTC, the scan nearest the moment this went out.
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What forecasters said that day
The local office's own words before this flash flood warning went out, as it sent them, from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service text.
NWS Fort Worth, TX wrote its last area forecast discussion before this flash flood warning went out at May 10, 3:19 PM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes earlier.
Area forecast discussion, May 10, 3:19 PM CDT, 8 hours 46 minutes before
AREA FORECAST DISCUSSION NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX 319 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015 .DISCUSSION... ANOTHER ROUND OF THUNDERSTORMS WILL CONTINUE THROUGH THE AFTERNOON AS ABUNDANT LOW LEVEL MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY INTERACTS WITH NUMEROUS MESO-SCALE BOUNDARIES LEFT OVER FROM EARLIER CONVECTION. THESE STORMS WILL HAVE THE POTENTIAL TO BECOME SEVERE AS WELL AS PRODUCE HEAVY RAINFALL AND FLOODING. A COLD FRONT WILL MOVE INTO THE NORTHWEST ZONES THIS EVENING AND PROVIDE ADDITIONAL FOCUS FOR THUNDERSTORMS. WE EXPECT STORM CHANCES TO DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST THROUGH THE NIGHT AND INTO MONDAY MORNING AS DRIER AIR BEGINS TO WORK IN BEHIND THE FRONT. THE BEST CHANCES FOR STORMS OVERNIGHT WILL BE ACROSS THE SOUTHEAST ZONES. AGAIN SEVERE STORMS AND HEAVY RAINFALL WILL BE POSSIBLE. WE WILL LEAVE THE FLASH FLOOD WATCH IN PLACE ACROSS THE NORTHERN HALF OF THE AREA THROUGH 7 AM MONDAY. THE FRONT WILL MOVE SOUTH OF THE FORECAST AREA ON MONDAY AND BRING AN END TO MOST OF THE PRECIPITATION. HOWEVER...SOME SHOWERS AND STORMS WILL LINGER NORTH OF THE FRONT THROUGH MONDAY NIGHT... ESPECIALLY ACROSS THE SOUTHERN ZONES. THE COLD FRONT SHOULD BEGIN TO LIFT NORTH/NORTHWEST ON TUESDAY IN RESPONSE TO A DEVELOPING LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM IN THE WEST. AS A RESULT...PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL BE ON THE INCREASE TUESDAY AND TUESDAY NIGHT. THE LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM SHOULD MOVE INTO NEW MEXICO ON WEDNESDAY AND ACROSS WEST TEXAS ON THURSDAY. THIS WILL BRING A GOOD CHANCE OF SHOWERS AND THUNDERSTORMS TO NORTH TEXAS WEDNESDAY THROUGH THURSDAY. PRECIPITATION CHANCES WILL DECREASE FRIDAY/FRIDAY NIGHT AS THE UPPER TROUGH AXIS MOVES EAST OF THE REGION AND UPPER LEVEL HIGH PRESSURE BRIEFLY BUILDS OVER THE STATE. THE UPPER RIDGE IS PROGGED TO FLATTEN AND MOVE QUICKLY EAST ON SATURDAY AS YET ANOTHER LOW PRESSURE SYSTEM APPROACHES FROM THE WEST. THIS SYSTEM WILL BRING MORE RAIN CHANCES NEXT SUNDAY AND BEYOND. RIGHT NOW IT APPEARS THAT THE SEVERE WEATHER POTENTIAL MONDAY AND TUESDAY WILL BE MUCH LOWER THAN WE HAVE SEEN THE PAST SEVERAL DAYS BUT THE SEVERE WEATHER THREAT WILL BE ON THE INCREASE WEDNESDAY AND THURSDAY. WE WILL STILL HAVE TO BE CONCERNED WITH FLOODING THROUGH THE WEEK DUE TO SATURATED CONDITIONS IN MANY LOCATIONS. 79 && .AVIATION... /ISSUED 106 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015/ THE LARGEST IMPACT TO AVIATION SHOULD OCCUR DURING THE NEXT 6 T0 10 HOURS. WE EXPECT SCATTERED THUNDERSTORMS TO CONTINUE TO DEVELOP ACROSS NORTH TEXAS AS MOISTURE AND INSTABILITY CONTINUE TO INTERACT WITH NUMEROUS BOUNDARIES AND EVEN AN APPROACHING DRY LINE AND COLD FRONT. OVERALL...THE AFTERNOON WILL BE VFR EXCEPT FOR IN AND NEAR THUNDERSTORMS WHERE MVFR TO IFR CONDITIONS ARE EXPECTED. THE BEST WINDOW OF TIME FOR STORMS AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES WILL BE FROM 18Z UNTIL ABOUT 02Z. STORMS MAY START A BIT LATER IN WACO AND CONTINUE THROUGH MUCH OF THE EVENING. THE DRY LINE WILL ENTER INTO THE WESTERN ZONES THIS AFTERNOON AND BE OVERTAKEN BY THE COLD FRONT TONIGHT. ONCE THE COLD FRONT ARRIVES...RAIN CHANCES WILL DECREASE FROM NORTHWEST TO SOUTHEAST. WITH ALL PRECIPITATION ENDING AT THE TAF SITES BEFORE SUNRISE MONDAY. EXPECT A WIND SHIFT TO NORTHWEST AT THE METROPLEX TAF SITES AROUND 06Z BUT NORTH TO NORTHWEST WINDS WILL MOST LIKELY NOT INCREASE UNTIL CLOSER TO SUNRISE. THE WIND SHIFT IN WACO SHOULD NOT ARRIVE UNTIL CLOSER TO 12Z MONDAY. 79 && .PRELIMINARY POINT TEMPS/POPS... DALLAS-FT. WORTH, TX 61 79 56 73 59 / 70 20 20 40 50 WACO, TX 65 82 57 72 60 / 80 40 60 60 50 PARIS, TX 63 78 56 73 59 / 80 30 10 30 40 DENTON, TX 58 79 54 74 59 / 70 20 10 40 50 MCKINNEY, TX 59 78 56 74 59 / 80 20 10 40 50 DALLAS, TX 62 80 57 73 59 / 80 20 20 40 50 TERRELL, TX 64 80 58 74 60 / 80 40 20 40 50 CORSICANA, TX 65 83 59 73 61 / 80 40 40 40 50 TEMPLE, TX 66 84 58 69 62 / 80 60 60 60 50 MINERAL WELLS, TX 58 78 56 72 59 / 50 20 20 40 50 && .FWD WATCHES/WARNINGS/ADVISORIES... FLASH FLOOD WATCH THROUGH MONDAY MORNING FOR TXZ091>095-100>107- 115>121-129>134-141-143>145. && 79/79
Hazardous weather outlook, May 10, 3:44 PM CDT, 8 hours 21 minutes before
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Special weather statement, May 10, 6:05 PM CDT, 6 hours before
SPECIAL WEATHER STATEMENT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
TXZ091-101-102-102345-
MONTAGUE TX-WISE TX-JACK TX-
605 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
...SIGNIFICANT WEATHER ADVISORY FOR NORTHWESTERN WISE...MONTAGUE AND
JACK COUNTIES UNTIL 645 PM CDT...
AT 604 PM CDT...DOPPLER RADAR WAS TRACKING A LINE OF STRONG
THUNDERSTORMS ACROSS MONTAGUE AND JACK COUNTIES...MOVING NORTH AT 30
MPH.
DIME SIZE HAIL AND WINDS IN EXCESS OF 30 MPH WILL BE POSSIBLE WITH
THIS STORM. HEAVY RAINFALL MAY LEAD TO AREAS OF FLOODING IN
LOCATIONS THAT HAVE VERY SATURATED GROUNDS.
LOCATIONS IMPACTED INCLUDE...
BRIDGEPORT...BOWIE...JACKSBORO...NOCONA...ALVORD...ST. JO...CHICO...
BRYSON...STONEBURG...FORESTBURG...SUNSET...BOONSVILLE...NEWPORT...
RUNAWAY BAY AND LAKE BRIDGEPORT.
PRECAUTIONARY/PREPAREDNESS ACTIONS...
HEAVY RAINFALL IS ALSO OCCURRING WITH THIS STORM...AND MAY LEAD TO
FLASH FLOODING. DO NOT DRIVE YOUR VEHICLE THROUGH FLOODED ROADWAYS.
&&
A TORNADO WATCH REMAINS IN EFFECT UNTIL 900 PM CDT FOR NORTH CENTRAL
TEXAS.
LAT...LON 3390 9758 3392 9750 3352 9749 3301 9791
3301 9841 3324 9842 3347 9820 3347 9798
3369 9798 3374 9793 3396 9760
TIME...MOT...LOC 2304Z 202DEG 24KT 3359 9771
JLDUNNLocal storm report, May 10, 6:40 PM CDT, 5 hours 25 minutes before
PRELIMINARY LOCAL STORM REPORT
NATIONAL WEATHER SERVICE FORT WORTH TX
640 PM CDT SUN MAY 10 2015
..TIME... ...EVENT... ...CITY LOCATION... ...LAT.LON...
..DATE... ....MAG.... ..COUNTY LOCATION..ST.. ...SOURCE....
..REMARKS..
0638 PM HAIL CARL'S CORNER 32.09N 97.04W
05/10/2015 E1.00 INCH HILL TX TRAINED SPOTTER
QUARTER SIZED HAIL NEAR THE I35W/I35E SPLIT AT CARL'S
CORNER.The office that day
Everything else NWS Fort Worth, TX issued on the same UTC day.
| Issued | Product | Office | Counties | Lasted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 10, 7:07 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan, Navarro | 53 min |
| May 10, 7:23 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Hill, Navarro | 67 min |
| May 10, 7:28 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 4 hr |
| May 10, 7:29 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 31 min |
| May 10, 7:37 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill | 3 hr |
| May 10, 7:41 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Hill, Navarro | 49 min |
| May 10, 7:42 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis, Navarro | 5 hr |
| May 10, 7:53 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 37 min |
| May 10, 8:22 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro | 53 min |
| May 10, 8:37 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Van Zandt | 38 min |
| May 10, 8:50 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 10, 8:54 PM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Comanche | 34 hr |
| May 10, 8:55 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 35 min |
| May 10, 9:04 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Delta, Hopkins, Rains | 41 min |
| May 10, 9:10 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Kaufman, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 10, 9:14 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Ellis, Henderson, Kaufman, Navarro, Van Zandt | 61 min |
| May 10, 9:54 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 66 min |
| May 10, 10:09 PM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Van Zandt | 36 min |
| May 10, 10:19 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 41 min |
| May 10, 10:41 PM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Navarro | 64 min |
| May 10, 10:48 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 10, 10:58 PM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Bosque, Hill, Limestone, McLennan | 3 hr |
| May 10, 11:14 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Cooke, Denton | 9 hr |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Grayson | 9 hr |
| May 10, 11:20 PM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:02 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Coryell, Lampasas | 3 hr |
| May 11, 12:02 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Lampasas | 43 min |
| May 11, 12:05 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 40 min |
| May 11, 12:13 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Ellis | 6 hr |
| May 11, 12:14 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson | 31 min |
| May 11, 12:30 AM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Falls, Freestone, Henderson, Leon and 5 more | 6 hr |
| May 11, 12:51 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson | 4 hr |
| May 11, 12:55 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:24 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Anderson | 51 min |
| May 11, 1:35 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 3 hr |
| May 11, 1:57 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Hill, McLennan | 6 hr |
| May 11, 2:08 AM CDT | Tornado Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone | 37 min |
| May 11, 2:41 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Anderson | 52 min |
| May 11, 2:56 AM CDT | Severe Thunderstorm Warning | FWD | Leon | 64 min |
| May 11, 3:00 AM CDT | Flash Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 11, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Limestone | 54 hr |
| May 11, 3:05 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 13 days |
| May 11, 3:11 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Leon, Robertson | 49 min |
| May 11, 4:00 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Freestone, Limestone | 6 hr |
| May 11, 4:41 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 6 hr |
| May 11, 5:14 AM CDT | Special Weather Statement | FWD | Milam | 46 min |
| May 11, 5:23 AM CDT | Areal Flood Advisory | FWD | Milam, Robertson | 3 hr |
| May 11, 5:59 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 3 hr |
| May 11, 9:18 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Henderson, Van Zandt | 6 hr |
| May 11, 9:48 AM CDT | River Flood Warning | FWD | Anderson, Freestone, Leon | 58 days |
| May 11, 10:46 AM CDT | Areal Flood Warning | FWD | Navarro | 6 hr |
| May 11, 3:56 PM CDT | Flash Flood Watch | FWD | Anderson, Bell, Bosque, Collin, Comanche, Cooke and 40 more | 52 hr |
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Sources
The product and its follow-ups from the Iowa Environmental Mesonet's archive of National Weather Service and Storm Prediction Center text; radar from the NEXRAD Level II archive.